Connecting BOB one axis to 2 stepper drivers

[Clive S]

Hi everyone,

So I acquired this BOB recently to conduct my initial testing http://www.cnc4pc.com/Store/osc/prod...roducts_id=270 and you would notice it uses RJ45 for the axis connections.

in my design I have two motors for the Y axis so I was wondering can I just connect one axis port to 2 drivers?
do i need a 'buffer' circuit or something or can I just split the wires via a terminal block or something?

it has one more port for the 'A' axis but I dont think that would work.

thanks!

You don't say which software you are going to use ie Mach3 or Linuxcnc etc. Remember this is only a breakout board to make it easy to get the pins from the parallel port.
If you are using two motor for one axis then you would use say the X or Y and the A.
So in your case Y and A (It is more usual to call the long axis the X in the UK) Then in the software like Mach3 you need to set it up as slaved. ..Clive